Exhausted from her latest case. She settles in next to him, bumps their shoulders together before slinging one arm around. Her fingers curve to push his jaw towards her and she kisses him. Slow, sweet careful. It doesn’t last long, still exploring the things he’ll allow.
Tsugumi sitting next to him was all but common ( given their friendship ).
Tsugumi invading his personal space was another common occurrence, this one permitted expressly because of said closeness.
Hell — even the act of her putting an arm over his shoulder as she eases into the spot next to him isn’t out of the ordinary.
What is, though, is the sudden ( but gentle ) coaxing of his head toward her own. It’s nothing more than a slight push against his jaw, but he turns his head with very little resistance. The meeting of their lips is, (surprisingly), of the same vein — not exactly cautious but...slow and careful. It doesn’t last long and she doesn’t push for more, but — at the back of his mind — he can’t help the small nag that wishes she lingered just a little bit longer. The warmth the small affection provided is just as fleeting, just as… lacking.
Even still, Caio can feel the heat of embarrassment warming his features as he stares at Tsugumi with slightly raised brows and parted lips. He doesn’t need to process that she kissed him ( that, he understood immediately ), but what he’d do in response… that was different.
Following up with another kiss is an almost thoughtless consideration… but should he? The surgeon inches forward automatically but pauses just shy of another, as if hesitating. His eyes drop to her lips and linger, not for very long but… long enough to decide to ease that much closer — to the point where his lips brush against hers when he speaks.
“...Only one?” — And paired with it is a brush of his knuckles against her outer thigh...as if asking for the things she’ll allow.
It’s a kiss shared between friends… one more would not hurt.
( unprompted - @sitehound )
